Dominic Raab: I behaved professionally at all times

Dominic Raab has insisted helium "behaved professionally astatine each times" contempt facing allegations of bullying.

In an interrogation with the BBC, the justness caput and lawman premier curate said helium would not remark connected caller "anonymous reports successful the media".

In his experience, helium added, specified reports were "mostly incorrect".

He said helium would respect the result of an enquiry into his behaviour led by elder lawyer Adam Tolley KC.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has precocious travel nether unit to suspend his minister.

Last week erstwhile Conservative Party Chair Jake Berry argued Mr Raab should beryllium removed from his authorities roles until Mr Tolley's probe had been completed.

Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the FDA Union for civilian servants person besides backed calls for a suspension.

However, the premier curate has insisted helium volition hold for the result of the enquiry earlier taking immoderate action.

Mr Raab, a adjacent governmental state of the premier minister, asked successful November for the enquiry to beryllium launched pursuing respective complaints from civilian servants who had worked for him.

Eight ceremonial complaints person been made against the minister, including six from his clip astatine the Ministry of Justice, 1 portion astatine the Foreign Office and 1 from his clip astatine the now-defunct Brexit department.

At slightest 3 elder civilian servants person fixed grounds to Mr Tolley's inquiry. The BBC has been told this includes Philip Rycroft who served successful the Brexit section and Antonia Romeo, the existent imperishable caput astatine the Ministry of Justice.

Mr Tolley's study is not expected to beryllium completed for respective weeks.

Earlier this week a erstwhile elder civilian servant, successful an anonymous interrogation with BBC Newsnight, described the Esher and Walton MP arsenic being "nasty and difficult".

Asked during a BBC interrogation if helium would beryllium capable to proceed successful government, Mr Raab said: "I'm not going to remark connected anonymous reports successful the media - my acquisition is that they are mostly incorrect.

"I'm assured I person behaved professionally astatine each times."

Mr Raab has been MP for the Surrey constituency of Esher and Walton since 2010.

During his clip successful Parliament, helium has served arsenic a curate nether David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

Last twelvemonth helium was sacked by Liz Truss but brought backmost into authorities erstwhile Mr Sunak took implicit arsenic premier minister.